A former Bridgeport-based attorney has been sentenced in U.S. District Court to 30 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his part in a long-running fraud scheme that targeted distressed homeowners throughout Connecticut.

Bradford Barneys, a 51-year-old Maryland resident who was placed on interim suspension in Connecticut in April, pleaded guilty earlier this year to one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud related to the fraud scheme.

Federal investigators said Barneys, who operated Barneys Law Group, conspired with Easton resident Timothy W. Burke to defraud individuals, mortgage lenders and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Burke, who had at least 13 different aliases and spent time in prison previously for similar offenses, pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud and one count of tax evasion related to the case with Barneys. Burke was sentenced to 108 months in prison in late April.